Artie Ricketts

     Frances Artlissa ‘Artie’ Ricketts was born on 7 Apr 1868 in Clinton, Indiana, United States.^1–13

She lived in Sugar Creek Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States on 1 Jul 1870.¹⁴ Artlissa Rickets was listed on the 1870 census in the household of James Rickets. According to the census, she was two years old. She lived in Everett Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 1 Jul 1880.¹⁵ Frances A Ricketts was listed on the 1880 census as the daughter of James M Ricketts. According to the census, she was twelve years old. Frances lived in Everett Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 1 Mar 1885.¹⁶ Artlissa Ricketts was listed in the household of James M Ricketts on the 1885 Kansas census. According to the census, Artlissa was 16 years old.

    Edward Grant Briles and Frances Artlissa ‘Artie’ Ricketts were married on 19 Feb 1890 in Woodson, Kansas, United States.^2,17–23 She was also known as Frances Artlissa ‘Artie’ Briles.

She was the mother of Edward Osmond Briles.^4,24–36 Frances was the mother of Ethel Frances Briles.^25,37–40 She was the mother of Glen Briles.^25,41–43

She lived in Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States on 1 Jul 1895.¹³

Frances was the mother of Lulu Belle Briles.^25,44–46

She lived in Pleasant Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States on 18 Jun 1900.⁶ Francis A. Briles was listed on the 1900 census as the wife of Edward Briles. According to the census, she was born March 1869 in Indiana. Francis A Briles had been married 10 years. She was the mother of 4 living children.

She lived in Pleasant Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States in Apr 1905.¹² F.A. Briles was listed on the 1905 Kansas census in the household of E. G. Briles. According to the census, she was 37 years old.

Frances lived in Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 20 Apr 1910.⁴⁷ Francis A. Briles was listed on the 1910 census as the wife of Eddie G Briles. According to the census, she was 42 years old and born in Indiana. Francis was married at age 20 and was the mother of four living children.

She lived in Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States in Apr 1915.⁴⁸ She lived in Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 6 Jun 1920.⁴⁹ Frances Briles was shown on the 1920 census as the wife of Eddie G. Briles. According to the census she was 51 years old and born in Indiana.

Frances lived in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 28 Nov 1920.^50–51 She lived at 612 N. Jefferson in Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States on 1 Jul 1925.¹¹ Frances A Briles was listed on the 1925 Kansas census as the wife of Edward G Briles. According to the census, she was 57 years old and born in Indiana.

She lived in Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States on 27 Jan 1927.⁵²

Frances lived at First Ward in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 2 Apr 1930.⁵³ F. A. Briles was listed on the 1930 census as the wife of E G Briles. According to the census, she was 61 years old and born in Indiana. She lived in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 19 Sep 1930.⁵⁴

She celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband, Edward Grant Briles, on 18 Feb 1940 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States.⁵⁵

Frances lived in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States on 15 Apr 1940.⁵⁶ She appeared on the 1940 census as a 71 year old female born in Indiana and was listed as Frances A. Briles

     She died on 28 Apr 1947 at the age of 79 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States.^{4,7–10,57–58} She was buried on 30 Apr 1947 at Crandall Cemetery in Coffey, Kansas, United States.^3,7–9,59

1. James M. Ricketts file; James M. Ricketts; (: ), (Ricketts.Notebook).
2. Briles Genealogy (Crandall, Kansas: Max Briles, aft 1952), p. 7
3. “Emporian’s Mother Dies,” The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 1 May 1947; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : online September 2015).
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
5. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 434.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
6. 1900 U.S. Census, Coffey County, Kansas, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Coffey County, Kansas, ED 432, Sheet 7A, household 124, Briles Edward G; digital image, com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA T623. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/4120138_00678/4691472.
7. Crandall Cemetery (Crandall, Coffey County, Kansas), Francis Artlissa “Artie” Ricketts Briles; , 2013.
8. Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Memorial Record of Frances Artlisa Briles.
9. Frances Artlissa Briles, death certificate 104 2930 (28 April 1947), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
10. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online January 2019), memorial for Francis Artlissa “Artie” Ricketts Briles (1868-1947), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110405917, created by Marcia Philbrick, citing Crandall Cemetery, Coffey County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Marcia Philbrick, Francis Artlissa “Artie” Ricketts Briles.
11. 1925 Kansas Census, Coffey County, Kansas, Kansas State Census, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, page 20, family 172, Briles Edward G; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online January 2019); Kansas State Historical Society. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/KS1925_1-0415/8471005.
12. 1905 Kansas Census, Coffey County, Kansas, State Census, Pleasant Township, Coffey County, Kansas, page 18, family 130, Briles E G; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online January 2019). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1905_31-0220/2051934.
13. 1895 Kansas Census, Coffey County, State Census, Neosho Township, Coffey County, Kansas, p 17, E G Briles; microfilm, Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka, KS : viewed online January 2019). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ksv115_27-0552/7107548.
14. 1870 U.S. Census, Clinton County, Indiana, population schedule, Sugar Creek Township, Clinton County, Indiana, page 9, family 66, Ricketts James M; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T132. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4263290_00374/20274595.
15. 1880 U.S. Census, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Everett Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 58, page 7, household 53, James M Ricketts; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T9. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4241344-00027/26837457.
16. 1885 Kansas State Census, Woodson County, Kansas, Kansas State Census, Liberty Township, Woodson County, Kansas, page 11, household 49, James M. Ricketts; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online September 2016); Kansas State Historical Society. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1885_143-0118?pid=790948.
17. Lineage application of , , Newspaper Clipping “Celebrates 50 Years of Married Life” (Briles.KS.069).
18. Marriage License Record, Woodson County, Kansas, page 22 (Doc. # Mentzer.KS.016), Woodson County Courthouse, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas.
19. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT: Yates Publishing, 2004), Edward Grant Briles – Frances Artlissa Ricketts / 1890. Found online at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=1019355&ssrc=pt&tid=115166653&pid=270137692402.
20. Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911: Wilson Marriage Records 1872-1880 , v. B, Woodson County, Kansas, Edward Grant Briles, 19 Feb 1890; digital image, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org . viewed online July 2018. Original Source: Marriage Record Vol. B 1872-1880.
21. “Obituary,” undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, passed down to Marcia Philbrick by Pauline Briles; privately held 2018 by Marcia Crawford Philbrick, [address for private use], Seneca, KS 66538.
22. “Married,” The Yates Center News (Yates Center, Kansas), 28 February 1890, page 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online July 2081). Found online at https://www.newspapers.com/image/385304598.
23. “Local Intelligence,” The Yates Center News (Yates Center, Kansas), 21 February 1890, page 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online July 2018).
24. Pauline Mentzer Briles family, The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments King James Version (: The World Publishing Company, ); Letha Doolittle, San Bernardino, California, Transcription (Charles Mentzer Notebook). Hereinafter cited as The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments.
25. Briles Genealogy (Crandall, Kansas: Max Briles, aft 1952), p. 23
26. “Edward O. Briles Dead,” undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, E. O. Briles Notebook; privately held 2015 by Marcia Philbrick, [address for private use], Seneca, KS.
27. Edward O. Briles Dead, The Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), Emporia, Kansas, 28 May 1956. (Briles.KS.068)
28. “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : online 15 February 2016), Osmund Edward Briles; citing , image 48 of 1757; NARA microfilm M1509.
29. 1900 U.S. Census, Coffey County, Kansas, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Coffey County, Kansas, ED 43, Sheet 7A, household 124, Edward Briles.
30. “Family Data Collections – Births,”  Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (Oct 2017), Edward Osmund Briles.
31. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_258; Line: 3.
32. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Kansas; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: Box 276.
33. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_1; Line: 18.
34. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Woodson; Roll: 1643943.
35. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).
36. Edmund West comp., Family Data Collection – Births (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).
37. “Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911,” database on-line, com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016), Ethel Briles.
38. Social Security Administration, “U.S. Social Security Death Index,” database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016), Ethel Darby, 514142329, before 1951.
39. “Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.om : viewed online October 2017), Briles.
40. Coffey County, Kansas, Register of Marriages and Births Vol. 4, page 138, Briles, 2 June 1893; digital images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org . viewed online July 2018. Original Source: film #007579782 DGS 7579782 item 4.
41.  Cemetery Transcriptions (Briles.KS.002), Crandall Cemetery, , .
42. “World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016), Glen Briles.
43. “Obituaries – Glen Briles”, Yates Center News, (Yates Center, Kansas), 7 July 1983, p. 7, microfilm; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.
44. Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection — Individual Records,” database online, com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2016), Lulu Belle Briles.
45. “Family Data Collections – Births,”  Lulu Belle Briles.
46. Social Security Administration, “Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online September 2018), Lulu B Cope.
47. 1910 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Liberty Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 147, Sheet 2B, household 39, Eddie G Briles; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4328344-00812/133267702.
48. 1915 Kansas Census, Woodson County, 1905 State Census, Liberty Township, Woodson County, Kansas, page 21, dwelling 1, Briles Ed; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1915_258-0116?pid=3001725.
49. 1920 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 160, Sheet 3A, household 46, Briles Eddie G; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4300898_01045/96818119.
50. “Crandall,” The Daily Republican (Burlington, Kansas), 2 December 1920, p. 1; digital image, com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online July 2018).
51. “Died,” The Yates Center News (Yates Center, Kansas), 3 December 1920, page 4; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online January 2019).
52. “Yates Center News”, (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), “Died” Frday, Feb. 4, 1927, page 7 col. 4 (Ricketts.Notebook); ,
53. 1930 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population Schedule, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas, SD 10, ED 104-13, Sheeet 2A (image 3 of 42), household 710, Ed G. Briles; digital iamge, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2016); NARA T626. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584655_00561/34044982.
54. “Yates Center News”, (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), Israel (Briles.KS.070); ,
55. “Yates Center News”, (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), (Briles.KS.069); ,
56. 1930 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population Schedule, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas, SD 10, ED 104-13, Sheeet 2A (image 3 of 42), household 710, Ed G. Briles.
57. “Emporian’s Mother Dies,” The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 1 May 1947, page 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online July 2018).
58. Obituary, unidentified clipping, Crawford Family Papers.
59. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online August 2016), memorial for Francis Artlissa “Artie” Ricketts Briles (1868-1947), Find a Grave Memorial no. #110405917,

Ricketts News

Rock Creek Sr

August 25

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cokely spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Briles, D. Ricketts and wife and Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ricketts and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ricketts of Kempton, Ind., were also there. Mr and Mrs. Louis Ricketts came in on the Saturday train as a surprise to his brother J. M. and his nieces, Mrs. Ed Briles and Mrs. Albert Cokely. As it has been thirty years since he saw Kansas he was a small surprise himself. He says Kansas has improved greatly and if it keeps up at the regular rate it will be as good as any eastern state by the time it is as old as they are.

Why I love gossipy newspapers!

“Rock Creek Sr,” The Daily Republican (Burlington, Kansas), 27 August 1907, p. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online July 2018).